Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 929 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Special name, capital letter): A common noun is a general word for any person, place, animal or thing: girl, river, mango, festival. A proper noun is the special name of one person, place, river, day, month or festival: Riya, Ganga, Monday, Diwali. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do not (unless they begin a sentence).

1. 1.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Lucknow (c) city (d) Pune
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) teacher (c) June (d) Lucknow
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Delhi (d) elephant
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kenya (c) train (d) elephant
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Kaveri (c) train (d) Pongal
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Friday (c) festival (d) Pongal
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) pencil
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) Tara (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) boy (d) Lucknow
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) boy (c) ball (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Sunday (c) Pongal (d) kite
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Pune (c) Eid (d) mango
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) March (c) Jaipur (d) Sunday
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) garden (d) Chennai
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Onam (c) March (d) Lucknow
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kavya (c) elephant (d) ball
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) teacher (c) Rahul (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Chennai (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Onam (c) river (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Diwali (c) Ganga (d) Delhi
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) Holi (d) garden
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) Rohan (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) river (d) Saanvi
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Monday (c) book (d) train
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) mango (c) book (d) kite
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) festival (c) mango (d) June
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Lucknow (c) month (d) India
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Yash (c) teacher (d) boy
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) Narmada
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Ira (c) book (d) month

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